ABSTRACT
There are many pleasant fictions of the law in constant operation, but there is not one so pleasant or practically humorous as that which supposes every man to be of equal value in its impartial eye, and the benefits of all laws to be equally attainable
by all men, without the smallest reference to the furniture of their pockets. (Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby)
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance;
but from him that hath not shall be taken away, even that which he hath.
